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The United Nations and its partners have today launched their humanitarian plans for 2014 with appeals totalling US$12.9 billion to support 52 million people in 17 countries with essential, life-saving aid. More than half of this funding is needed to support humanitarian efforts in Syria and neighbouring...

More than 40 Member States and Observers as well as regional organizations, private and individual donors today pledged over $404 million to support critical aid efforts around the world. The amount represents a 5.5 per cent increase compared to pledges made last year during the annual UN Central Emergency...

In the summer of 2012, when Thawra Al Jabal fled violence and shelling in her hometown of Deir El Zoor, in Syria, she was two months pregnant.
“I left home with only my clothes on. All I could carry were my kids and our credentials,” says the 29-year-old mother of four. The family moved into...

UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos said today that despite modest progress on administrative procedures, much more needs to be done to help millions of people who continue to need assistance inside Syria. Around quarter of a million people are still trapped in besieged areas without any access to lifesaving...

In the three weeks since the Security Council adopted its Presidential Statement calling on all parties to Syria’s conflict to facilitate the work of humanitarian organizations, the situation has worsened with civilians more vulnerable and aid organizations finding it even more difficult to access...